Huế

See also: hue, Hue, hué, Hué, Huê, Huë, and hü

Vietnamese

Etymology

Likely a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 化 (SV: hoá), as in the historical name Thuận Hoá (順化).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hwe˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [hwej˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [wej˦˥]

Proper noun

Huế (化)

Hue, a city in central Vietnam, formerly that nation's royal capital (1802-1945)

Synonyms

(Hue): Thuận Hoá (historical), Phú Xuân (historical)

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